The Uncomfortable Archive: New York 2018 Archives Week Symposium

When

Friday, October 19, 2018

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Location

Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011

Registration

Free

Registration is closed

Despite claims to the contrary, the work of an archivist has never been slow.In fact, archivists today routinely find themselves at the center of controversy as they attempt to corral the endless flow of digital material produced during the Information Age. The 2018 New York Archives Week Symposium will confront the tough questions, tackling issues like: What is keeping too much? What is keeping too little? What is posterity? Prepare to get uncomfortable as stories of quandaries, confrontations, and sleepless nights are bound to elicit that age-old question, “What would I do?”

The symposium, co-sponsored by the Center for Jewish History (CJH) and with generous support from the MetLife Foundation, offers a full day of presentations on studies, strategies, research, and analyses, with the aim of bringing together archivists, records managers, librarians, museum professionals, scholars, researchers, and the general public.